A website with a large number of digital copies of publications on Uzbek language, literature, and folklore. Many of these publications are contemporary works, but there is also a large amount of Soviet publications on the website. Apart from literary works and literary scholarship, the website also…
Blinken OSA Library houses a non-circulating reference library of books related to the Cold War, Communism, international human rights, history of broadcasting and the archival profession as well as a collection of more than 7.300 dailies and journals published from the 1950s onwards in 40…
The digital library of the Institute of Russian Literature of the RAS, providing free access to digital copies of the Institute's publications and other literary studies publications.
The digital library of the Parliamentary Library of Russia, containing documents and publications of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, including published official laws, meeting records, published law collections, and works of legal studies. Many digital copies are available online.
The digital library of the Russian Geographical Society, containing thousands of digitized books, maps, atlases, periodicals, expedition reports, and other types of materials of the Society.
A digital collection consisting of early Soviet periodicals in Tyumen and a book on the history of administrative-territorial delimitation in Tyumen oblast.
A Russian federal digital library that contains tens of thousands of documents related to medicine and health. One can find extensive Soviet scholarly literature on medical science in the library.
The digital library of the national library of Tatarstan (different from the National Digital Library of Tatarstan), containing digitized published materials on the history Kazan and the Republic of Tatarstan, and on the region's economic, political, cultural and scientific development.
HathiTrust is a partnership of academic and research institutions, offering a collection of millions of titles digitized from libraries around the world. Here you can find hundreds of thousands of documents and publications, in various languages, that were published in the Soviet Union or about the…
Collection of primary source materials related to the history of Zaprozhzhia. Soviet-era documents include local periodicals, construction plans, photographs, and archival documents from city administrations.
The collection includes works by employees of the Udmurt Institute of History, Language and Literature of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences on the history of the region and various scientific areas of Finno-Ugric studies (linguistics, literary criticism, folklore, history, art…
A huge digital library of the Library of Congress, containing many files from Russia and the former Soviet Union, including books, periodicals, photographs, paintings, maps, etc.
Digital library of the Saint-Petersburg Polytechnic University, containing digital copies of the university's publications, including academic books and periodicals, as well as more general publications on university history and everyday life.
Open-access digital collections of Harvard Library, containing many digitized books, periodicals, maps, archival documents, photographs, and other types of primary source materials for researching Soviet history in various languages.
Digital library of Ukrainian literature maintained by Maxim Tarnawsky, Professor of Ukrainian Literature at the University of Toronto. The library provides free access to digital copies of Ukrainian literary works published in different periods.
Tamizdat Project traces the history of circulation, first publications, and reception of contraband Russian literature outside the USSR by making a rich variety of relevant sources available to the international academic community and students worldwide. Here you can find information about authors,…
Digital library that contains thousands of digital copies of Armenian-language literature from various disciplines. Many materials were published in the Soviet era.
Digital archive of the Ural State Forest Engineering University, containing digital copies of the university's publications from 1922 till today, including academic books and periodicals, mostly about forestry and forest engineering.
This digital library provides open access to limited digitized Soviet newspaper issues and more contemporary publications. Access to books and dissertations requires registration and confirmation from the library.
Online downloadable publications of the State Archive of Contemporary History of Ulyanovsk Oblast, among which several are document collections on different topics of Russian and Soviet history.
This digital library provides access to more than 150,000 documents digitized by La Contemporaine: printed matter and archival material, drawings, paintings, photographs, posters, and objects, allowing you to delve into the sources of 20th-century history.
A private digital library that contains digital transcriptions of many contemporary and Soviet books and articles on politics, history, law, and cybernetics.
Digital archive of the Belgorod State University, containing digitized publications of scholars from the university, including monographs, textbooks, articles, dissertations, etc.
Digital archive of the Ural Federal University, containing digitized publications of the university. Most of the available Soviet-era publications are on natural sciences and technologies.
Digital archive of the Russian State Professional-Pedagogical University, containing digital copies of the university's publications from the 1960s till today, including academic books and periodicals, mostly about pedagogy.
Digital library of the Ural State Pedagogical University, containing digital copies of the university's publications from 1938 till today, including academic books and periodicals, mostly dedicated to pedagogy.
Digital repository of the publications of the Tomsk Polytechnic University, containing about 10,000 digital copies of Soviet-era academic and non-academic publications of the university, including the university party buro's official newspaper "Za Kadry".
Site dedicated to the Moscow metro and containing resources about its construction and history. It includes contemporaneous newspaper articles and personal accounts by various people (architects, engineers, builders) associated with the metro.
Princeton University Library's digitized collections of Slavic, East European, and Eurasian materials. These collections include many rare and unique materials, a selection of which are remotely accessible to interested researchers through the Library’s digital portals. Princeton’s most intensive…
Digital library of the Kazan Federal University, containing tens of thousands of digital copies of local periodical issues, books, manuscripts, university publications, and other types of materials. In particular, it has a huge newspaper collection, where you can find digitized local newspapers in…
Digital library that contains a great number of digital copies of publications on the history, culture, people, traditions, and everyday life of Novosibirsk Oblast and Siberia in general.
Digital library developed by a group of Russian specialists. Here you can find tons of Soviet and contemporary books, journals, newspapers of all kinds, especially academic publications.
Digital local study library developed by the Krasnoyarsk State Universal Scientific Library. It contains a lot of Soviet-era local periodicals and books from/about the region.
Digital library created by the Central Scientific Library of V. Karazin Kharkiv National University. It contains digital copies of rare books, manuscripts, and periodicals related to science and education. In particular, it has a big collection of Kharkiv publications.
Digital database of periodical publications of Latvia from the 18th century till today. The database provides open access to plentiful digitized Soviet-era Latvian periodical issues, including those published by Latvian diaspora groups.
Digital database of newspapers, journals, and serials published in Estonia from 1811 till today. Users can search by date of publication, publication title, article headline, keywords, author, and other parameters.